Journal of the Hecla (Bark), Sarah Sheafe (Bark) and Addison (Ship); mastered by Eben Nickerson, Henry O. Loper and Samuel Lawrence; and kept by Ebenezer Nickerson; on whaling voyages between 1856 and 1861.

by: Hecla (Bark); Sarah Sheafe (Bark); Addison (Ship); Ebenezer Nickerson

Publication date: 1856

Usage: Attribution 4.0 International

Topics: Whalers (Persons), Seafaring life, Whales, Voyages and travels, Logbooks, Western Arctic Ocean--Description and travel, Pacific Ocean--Description and travel

Collection: providencepublicnicholson; providencepubliclibrary; americana

Digitizing sponsor: Rhode Island Statewide Reference Resource Center

Contributor: Providence Public Library

Language: English

Contains two voyages: Addison of New Bedford. Sarah Sheafe of New Bedford. Oct. 26, 1858-May 27, 1859. Henry O. Loper, Master. At end: accounts of bark Hecla, 1860-1861; "list of some whalers and their catchings"; "ships heard from and spoken"; "gauges of oil on board ship Addison."